Fukushima University has posted an official statement on its website concerning a video from the YouTube channel ‘Wakatte TV.’ The university says the video contained “remarks that could be perceived as lacking consideration” toward its students and its educational and research activities, and commentators have pointed to a link with discussion of the nuclear power plant. On 5channel, opinions split over whether the video was just “entertainment from a foul-mouthed character” or “an overreach that dragged a real university and its students into it,” and the thread also spun off into a debate about one cast member’s academic background.
Wakatte TV is going viral for controversy after saying they didn’t want Fukushima University students bringing up the nuclear power plant
Regarding an online video that featured our university
We have confirmed that an internet video featuring our university contained remarks, concerning our students and our educational and research activities, that could be perceived as lacking consideration.
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I'll give you credit for trying so hard to drag them down, lol
how do you not get that
a lot of you probably haven't seen it, but this is just his shtick
So you think hurting people is fine as long as it's "just his shtick"?
Money's rotted your brain, how sad
So what?
Doesn't matter how much a yakuza guy makes, that still doesn't make him respectable
What does Takeda Juku even gain from this?
It's nothing but a black mark on their image
It's YouTube though, how would that even work lol
You don't get it — keep pulling stunts like this and YouTube will yank his monetization too
Talk to me once that actually happens lol
It'd have to be way more extreme than this
this level is nothing
it's funny precisely because a high school grad is the one clowning on college students
Apparently if you point out he's just a high school grad, he fires back hard bragging about his high school test scores and the conversation grinds to a halt. Sounds like he's not even joking — he's genuinely into academic snobbery
Nah, it's a bit
the whole entertainment premise is the high-school-grad 'Aka' outtalking college kids
HIKAKIN and Taro Yamamoto (a Japanese lawmaker) have done the same kind of thing too
letting these 'nuisance streamers' run wild, handing them fame, and building a world where they can climb all the way up to becoming politicians — that's genuinely awful
Guys like Johnny Somali do get cracked down on
these guys aren't causing anywhere near that level of trouble
'Aka' dropped out of Kyoto University, so technically he's just a high school grad
Go for it then
though cross the line and you might get your identity disclosed
trash-talking online is just unpleasant, but once you cause real harm and it spills into real life, that's game over
At most they'll just delete the video lol🤣
Well he's making over 10 million yen, so
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Even now, more than a decade after the nuclear disaster, Fukushima University remains in a position where it has little choice but to stay sensitive about its students being linked to the keyword “nuclear power plant.” What stands out about this video is that the university officially objected to remarks suggesting they didn’t want students touching on the nuclear plant topic, calling them “lacking in consideration” — this wasn’t simply a protest against a tasteless joke, but touched on context the region and the university have carried for years, which is what fueled the backlash. On the thread, opinions split between defenders who framed it as “entertainment built around a foul-mouthed persona” and critics who saw it as “hurting a real university and its students for money,” while a parallel debate flared up over the cast member’s actual education level (Kyoto University dropout, technically a high school graduate). Posts comparing this to other real-life streamers’ behavior also appeared, but any that couldn’t be verified have been left out of this article.
*This article was compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Breaking] Fukushima University Issues Official Statement Over the Wakatte TV Controversy wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
